The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, March 17, 2014 to Sunday, March 23, 2014: Area: SA Location: Newland Head CP Waitpinga end. Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang) (3) 2 Male and 1 Female sighted on a Fleurieu bird outing. Track leading up from the camp ground. Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) (1) Single bird sighted on same track as Robins. Reported by: Winston Syson on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Location: Basham’s Beach Port Elliot Sanderling (Calidris alba) (7) Birds were running in and out of the sea with the tide. Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) (2) Tide was out and birds were feeding in the we tsand and weed. Reported by: Winston Syson on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014 Location: Goolwa Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (100) As a second to Win Sysons report, 2nd pull in below barrage at least 100 Curlew Sandpiper present, birds flew in from south. Between 08.00 -11.00 hrs at least 500 Red necked Stint counted from kayak out in Goolwa Channel quite a number colouring up. Reported by: William Brooker on Friday, March 21, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014 Location: The barrage Goolwa Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (40) Birds were feeding on a in coming tide, second pull in behind the Barrage Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) (6) Birds were feeding with Curlew Sandpipers Red Knot (Calidris canutus) (4) Again birds were feeding with the other mentioned waders. Other waders present Sharp-tailed Sandpiper,Red-necked Stint,Greenshank and one only Marsh Sandpiper. Reported by: Winston Syson on Thursday, March 20, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Friday, March 21, 2014 Location: Thompson Beach Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus) (3) Beautiful Reported by: Kate Buckley on Friday, March 21, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Friday, March 21, 2014 Location: Kangaroo Island Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (10) 6 adults and 4 grey-headed immatures formed single flock of 10; roosting amongst rocky boulders, Stokes Bay rocky beach, 26 Feb 2014. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) (c.100) feeding in mud and shallows, overflow ponds at flooded Rush Lagoon, KI, 12 March 2014. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (1) adult male flying over farmland, N side of Murrays Lagoon, KI, 1 March 2014. Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra) (1) roosting in boulders, Stokes Bay, KI, 16 March 2014. Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) (70) feeding in shallows, S end of Rush Lagoon, KI, 12 March 2014. Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) (6) feeding in shallows with 70 Banded Stilt, S end of Rush Lagoon, KI, 12 March 2014. Australasian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis) (40) brackish Rush Lagoon, KI, 12 March 2014; comprised 20 pairs; males still showing bright breeding plumage. Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) (100) feed and camp on farmland pasture at S end of Rush Lagoon, KI, 1 March 2014. Little Grassbird (Megalurus gramineus) (2+) calling and skulking about in dense fringing swamp paperbarks, Rush lagoon, KI, 1 March 2014. Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator) (10) plunge diving into sea to feed on fish debris left by frenzied feeding activity of Southern Bluefin Tuna, Cape du Couedic, KI, 20 March 2014. Reported by: Chris Baxter on Friday, March 21, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Friday, March 21, 2014 Location: Kangaroo Island Painted Button-quail (Turnix varius) (1) male crossing Playford Highway, Kohinoor Hill, KI, 17 March 14; Peppermint Mallee/Narrow-Leaf Mallee/Drooping Sheoak; c. 20 km W of Kingscote. Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) (1) flying over farmland and brackish paperbark swamp, Rush Lagoon, KI, 12 March 2014; rare vagrant on KI; Jane Renwick, Pip Masters, Chris Baxter. Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) (2) perched in coastal mallee at Muston, W shore of Pelican Lagoon, KI; 16 March 2014; only site for regular observation of this species on KI; low tide exposes tidal mud flats as foraging habitat. Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (17) on full length of c. 4 km long Vivonne Bay beach/es; KI, 16 March 2014; comprised 1 adult; adult pair; 11 adults and 3 grey-headed immatures formed single flock of 14; appears that Vivonne Bay only fledged 2 or 3 young this year. Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) (1) with c. 60 Red-necked Stints on edge of shallow overflow pond at S end of Rush Lagoon, KI, 12 March 2014; Rush Lagoon is a brackish paperbark swamp, currently chock full of water courtesy of mega-floodwaters in winter of 2013; Pip Masters, Jane Renwick, Chris Baxter. Bush Stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius) (1) disturbed from daytime refuge on edge of clearing in Sugar Gum/Drooping Sheoak woodland, Lathami CP, KI, 15 March 2014. Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) (c.200) similar ratio of females to breeding plumage males, Rush Lagoon, KI, 12 March 2014. Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) (1) resting on rocky boulder, rocky breakwater, Stokes Bay, KI, 1 March 2014. Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus) (c.100) adults with several clutches of young, brackish Rush Lagoon, KI, 12 March 2014 Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (7) 5 on freshwater Kaiwarra Swamp, Seal Bay turn-off, KI, 1 March 2014 2 on brackish Rush Lagoon, KI, 1 March 2014 Reported by: Chris Baxter on Friday, March 21, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Saturday, March 22, 2014 Location: Clayton Bay Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) (10) Approx. 10 Wood Sandpipers in pool adjacent to Alexandrina Drive. Water level in pool low, with several meters of mud exposed around shore line. Other waders present, 6 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, 2 Red-necked Stint, 1 Common Greenshank, 2 Masked Lapwing and 25 Black-winged Stilt. Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (2) Same location as above. In all a total of 18 species of birds were recorded at the pool. Reported by: Bob and Maureen Snell on Saturday, March 22, 2014 ——————————————— Need more information about a sighting? 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